क्री

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

क्रय् (kray)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ক্ৰী (Assamese script)
ᬓ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
ক্রী (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ကြီ (Burmese script)
ક્રી (Gujarati script)
ਕ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಕ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
ក្រី (Khmer script)
ກ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
ക്രീ (Malayalam script)
ᡬᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢉᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
କ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
ꢒ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
ක්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
𑩜 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
க்ரீ (Tamil script)
క్రీ (Telugu script)
กฺรี (Thai script)
ཀྲཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂-. Cognate with Welsh prynu, Old Irish crenaid, Ancient Greek ἐπριάμην (epriámēn), Proto-Slavic *krьnǫti, Tocharian B käry- (“to buy”), karyor (“buying”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɾiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɾiː/

Root

क्री • (krī)

to buy

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root क्री (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root क्री (4 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

क्रयति (krayati) (Present)
क्रीणाति (krīṇā́ti) (Present)
क्रीणीते (krīṇīté) (Present)
क्रेष्यति (kreṣyati) (Future)
क्रेता (kretā́) (Periphrastic Future)
अक्रैषीत् (akraiṣīt) (Aorist)
चिक्राय (cikrāya) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

क्रीयते (krīyáte) (Passive)
क्रापयति (krāpayati) (Causative)
अचिक्रपत् (acikrapat) (Causative Aorist)
चिक्रीषते (cikrīṣate) (Desiderative)
चेक्रीयते (cekrīyate) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

क्रीत (krītá) (Past Participle)
क्रेतुम् (kretum) (Infinitive)
क्रीत्वा (krītvā́) (Gerund)
क्रीय (krī́ya) (Gerund)
क्रेतव्य (kretavya) (Gerundive)
क्रय्य (krayya) (Gerundive)
क्रेय (kreya) (Gerundive)
क्रयणीय (krayaṇīya) (Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

क्रय (krayá, “buying, purchase”)
क्रयिन् (krayin, “buyer, purchaser”)
क्रयण (kráyaṇa, “buying”)
क्रायक (krāyaka, “buyer, trader”)
यवक्री (yavakrī, “a buyer or purchaser of barley”)
सद्यःक्री (sadyaḥkrī, “bought on the same day”)
क्रेतृ (kretṛ, “buyer, purchaser”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “क्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 321/2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 25

Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 410-411; 413

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “648”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 648
Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273